Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-10
What the Officials Said About the Weeks
Work. After II Was Over
RACING PROGRAMME OFYgSTERDAY.
The Sport Generally Not so Good as on the
Previous Day,
BUT STILL ALL WERE SATISFIED

his own satisfaction. The fair has un
doubtedly been glitteriDg success, taking
into consideration the very adverse circum
stances under which it was held. Our bus
iness men, manufacturers, and in fact al
who could assist III contributing 10 the
success of the fair in every way, lavisheC
most of their time, energy and attention
upon the big Reunion just past, and the
fair following so close upOn'its heels pre-
vented o great many Of them from taking
the interest that they would have otherwise
done. Two such immense undertakings aE
the Reunion and the State fair coming sC
close together is Just a little more
than Wheeling cares to stand, until hel
citizens become fully educated up TO the
proper spirit of booming the old town
Now it has bean claimed that the Reunion
would not hurt the Fair, and as far as the
Fair itself is concerned there is no indica
tion that it did. But when the attend
ance, the source from which the dollars
and cents come, is taken into considera.
tiOn, it is different matter.
THE FIRST TWO DAYS
the attendance was not one half what il
should have been, but on Thursday the
crowd was the largest ever seen on the
grounds, and had yesterday turned out
equally OF nearly as well the Association
would have been ahead. As it Is, the
crowd was not half al large yesterday as
on Thursday, and this fact brought the
receipts down below what was anticipated.
OF course it is impossible to estimate with
any degree of accuracy just how
the financial part of the exhibition will
turn out, some seeming to think the AssO-
citation will come out little behind, while
others in a position to know equally as
we'll claim that the receipts will easily
cover the expenditures. Secretary Hook
said yesterday:
"The attendance to-day is not nearly NJ
to what | anticipated it would be, but
think the Association will come out even,
OF nearly so, although of course as yet
such a statement is merely guess"
This is as far as is known of the tinan.
cial part of the fair That the exposition
is grand success is not questioned. The
exhibit in nearly all departments eXcelled
those OF any previous year. The horse
show was never before even a circumstance
alongside of what it WAS this year, and! !the
racing has been the
BEST WE EVER HAD.
And right here it would be well to speak
of a movement that is being put on foot
among several gentlemen who are lovers oI
fine hOrsehesh. A gentleman interested
in the matter said to reporter regarding
it
1T is the intention, if enough interest
can be stirred up to do it, and do not for
a moment doubt that it can, TO build club
house at the upper end of the grand stand
and make it sort of headquarters fol
hOrsemen and owners OF horSeflesh. During
the fairs the members can entertain Wis
itOrs in the building, and by this means
the interest can be kept mp aud stimulated.
Wheeling people are fond of horse racing
and base ball, and if good base bali club
can be supported there is no reason why
such club could not am of the Opin'
ion too, that Wheeling, in her present pros
perOus condition, could stand spring
meeting, which was attempted some
years ago. Good purses would
have to be given III order to get good fly
ers, but feel confident it would be suc-
cessful move, because people are Just fresh
from the quietness of the winter months
snd spring races would be appreciated.
think we could draw large crowds. II
these spring meetings were put on foot
again it would make the proposed club
house SO much more desirable, and
shouldn't be surprised to see it 90.
Races for cups, etc, could also be gotten
up at intervals and we could get lots Ol
good horses TO enter for them"
Yesterdays ATTENDANCE.
Yesterday WAS Children's day, and all
the schools in Wheeling and those on the
other side of the river closed to allow the
scholars to attend the Fair, and they
tlOcked there in great crowds during the
morning, but they began to leave by noon
and in the afternoon the crowd
was composed of almost entirely different
people. The attendance was estimated
at six thousand, which is q very fair figure.
During the races the grand stand was con-
stantly full and the quarter stretch con-
tanned quite n number q vehicles, while
the vicinity around the pool boxes was
about as dense ~ on Thursday. There
were also many people who went to see the
exhibits and not the races, and they spent
their time in looking through the Main
hall, Machinery hall, and "takin' in" the
exposition generally, along with the
fakes" for all they were worth.
In Horticultural Hall many Of the ex'
hibits had been so broken up that there
was not much to see. Machinery Hall,
however, was still in full blast and all the
exhibits remained undisturbed in the main
building, so that there were great many
visitors TO these points during the whole
day, while the fakirS and relreshment
stands did q rushing business.
Two men had a stand rigged up and
one was attired in an Indian costume,
posing as dentist They sold some sort
Of tOOthache cure for q quarter n bottle,
and ifthe purchaser wanted tooth pulled
along with the purchase, he, she or it was
welcome Quite n number of women and
klElS tho W hp Oh h-AS Ss~AeN
and let the crowd see the doctor"
JERK TEETH OUT
for them. 1t was lots Of fun for the crowd
but pretty tough on the patients. All sorts
of fakes were in full bloom, and the lads
and lassies from the rural districtswere at
tracted by the alluring talk and glittering
chances to win a prize for ii.t!e money.
There is one peculiar thing about the cane
fake, and that is that men will walk up to
one OF them and spend ten or
twenty cents fOy the privilege
of attempting to toss q certain nuIlber o.
rings over cane or a number Of canes,
when the rings couldn't be forced over the
heads of the canes with q sledge hammer.
As the evening wore on these people be-
gan to fold their tents and silently steal
away, until when night began tc fall upon
the earth the grounds were pretty well
deserted by the men vino live Oh their
wits and other peoples lack Of them.
And so closed the big fair of 1887, and
this far ahead we may predict great sue
eess for the meeting of 1888.
THE CAVALCADE.
The cayaleade of yesterday was fully as
large as on ths day before and was wit